717 Madison Place

The 717 Madison Place blog is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this month. I think my favorite sound bite is still from the first post. Judge Michel (now retired) was the judge asking the question.

This is a brother-in-law case, your honor.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Oral arguments at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit not only may provide some insight into the viewpoints of the various judges; but, these arguments sometimes provide opportunities for humor, as this recent exchange in Crater Corp. v. Lucent Technologies demonstrated: [Listen]

Believe it or not, the twentieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in eBay v. MercExchange is quickly approaching — it will be twenty years in May of 2026. The oral argument in this case took place before oral arguments of the Supreme Court were timely available. I thought it might be of interest to some to post the oral argument.

With almost twenty years of hindsight, I found it interesting to look back on some of the judges’ comments.

You can listen to the oral argument here:

Here are some sound bites from the oral argument:

Justice Scalia on the patent right:

Chief Justice Roberts on the improper concern over business method patents:

Justice Breyer’s concern that in 2006 A&P might patent the method of running a supermarket — and some people say that the Supreme Court doesn’t understand patent law . . . . :

Seth Waxman referencing “self-proclaimed” intellectual property professors signing on to amicus briefs: